录(lù)

HSK 38 strokesTrad. 錄

to carve wood

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Character information

Pinyin
lù
Meaning
to carve wood
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
錄

Origin & structure

Where 录 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿱彐氺

A brush used to record stories

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

彐jì氺shuǐ

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 錄: A metal 釒 brush 彔 used to record stories

How to write 录 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 录

Common words using 录 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jì纪lù录
HSK 3

variant of 记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")

Open 纪录 page →
jì记lù录
HSK 3

to record

Open 记录 page →
lù录yīn音
HSK 3

to record sound

Open 录音 page →
dēng登lù录
HSK 4

to register

Open 登录 page →
lù录qǔ取
HSK 4

to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam

Open 录取 page →
lù录xiàng像
HSK 6

to videotape

Open 录像 page →
lù录yīn音jī机
HSK 6

(tape) recording machine

Open 录音机 page →
mù目lù录
HSK 7-9

catalog

Open 目录 page →

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专世丰丽义乡乱争

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